A052187 a(n) is the smallest prime p such that p, p+d, and p+2d are consecutive primes where d = 2 for n = 1 and d = 6*(n-1) for n > 1.

3, 47, 199, 20183, 16763, 69593, 255767, 247099, 3565931, 6314393, 4911251, 12012677, 23346737, 43607351, 34346203, 36598517, 51041957, 460475467, 652576321, 742585183, 530324329, 807620651, 2988119207, 12447231761, 383204539, 4470607951, 5007182707

Offset: 1

Author

Labos Elemer, Jan 28 2000

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The first term 3 is anomalous since for all others d is divisible by 6. These are minimal terms if in A047948 d=6 is replaced by possible differences: (2), 6, 12, 18, ..., 54, 60.

a(54) > 5*10^13, while a(55) = 46186474937633. - Giovanni Resta, Apr 08 2013

Examples

			a(2)=47 and it is the lower border of a dd pattern: 47[6 ]53[6 ]59. a(10)=6314393 and a(10)+54=6314447, a(10)+108=6314501 are consecutive primes and 6314393 is the smallest prime prior to a (54,54) difference pattern of A001223.
		

Links

• Jerry M Lagrou, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..72 (terms 1..39 from Donovan Johnson, terms 40..53 from Giovanni Resta)

Crossrefs

Cf. A001223, A047948, A052160, A054342.

Cf. A052188, A052189, A052195, A052196, A052197, A052198.

Programs

Mathematica

a = Table[0, {100}]; NextPrime[n_] := Block[{k = n + 1}, While[ !PrimeQ[k], k++ ]; k]; p = q = r = 0; Do[r = NextPrime[r]; If[r + p == 2q && r - q < 201 && a[[(r - q)/2]] == 0, a[[(r - q)/2]] = p]; p = q; q = r, {n, 1, 10^6}]; a (* Typos fixed by Zak Seidov, May 01 2020 *)

PARI

list(n)=ve=vector(n);ppp=2;pp=3;forprime(p=5,,d=p-pp;if(pp-ppp==d,i=d\6+1;if(i<=n&&ve[i]==0,ve[i]=ppp;print1(".");vecprod(ve)>0&&return(ve)));ppp=pp;pp=p) \\ Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 17 2022

Formula

The least prime(k) such that prime(k+1) = (prime(k) + prime(k+2))/2 and prime(k+1) - prime(k) = d is either 2 or divisible by 6.

a(1) = A054342(1) - 2. For n>1, a(n) = A054342(n) - 6*(n-1). - Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Apr 16 2022

Extensions

More terms from Labos Elemer, Jan 04 2002

More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 06 2002

Definition clarified by Harvey P. Dale, Aug 29 2012

a(23)-a(27) from Donovan Johnson, Aug 30 2012

Name edited by Jon E. Schoenfield, Nov 30 2023